Lojcs@lemm.ee to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 10 months agoRadicallemm.eeimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareTheThrillOfTime@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·10 months agoRadical in chemistry can mean an unpaired electron. So the top electron in this diagram is unpaired, hence it’s called a “radical”
minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 months agoOh you saved me from trying to interpret the symbologies involved here. 💙
minus-squareNat (she/they)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·10 months agoThis is the Lewis dot structure of a radical atom if I’m remembering my chemistry correctly
what it mean?
Radical in chemistry can mean an unpaired electron. So the top electron in this diagram is unpaired, hence it’s called a “radical”
Oh you saved me from trying to interpret the symbologies involved here. 💙
This is the Lewis dot structure of a radical atom if I’m remembering my chemistry correctly